Townsend R Ford Townsend Dies in San Antonio at 37
R Ford Townsend 37 San Antonio attorney died in Baylor Hospital Delias after a six week illness. A resident 18 years and attorney 15 years, he was born in Columbus Texas son of Art and Mrs M A Townsend. Survived by widow Eleanor Sievers Townsend three children and a sister. Funeral from Broadway and Pine Street at 3:30 p.m. Saturday burial at Mission Burial Park with active and honorary pallbearers listed.
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R. Ford Townsend
San Antonio
Baylor
Delias
Mangum and Townsend
Virginia Military Institute
University of Texas
Townsend
Columbus
Colorado County
Texas
Art
M. A. Townsend
Teaves
Eleanor Sievers Townsend
Blessor Thornton
Lettie
Robert Foard Jr
W. W.watkin
Houstor
Broadway
Pine Street
Mission Burial Park
Otis Wresterrveli
Proce Teagerden
Jurge Maverick
Will Groos
Frank Lewis
Sam ‘Barelar
Ogden Wilson
Wlr. Ring
Frederick ‘Lerreil
J. H. Hsie
J. G Hami Heon
St. Joseph
John C. Townes
Houston
Fess Billings Stoic Under Pressure
District Court heard the trial of stockman Fess Billings charged with murdering his wife Dolly and friend Harley Hollyfield. He remained unmoved as prosecutor Morris Chambers and Mrs Chambers argued, with the judge and spectators following closely as the verdict loomed.
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Fess Billings Stoic
C. ML Chambers
Jess Billings
Dolly
Harley Hollyfield
Dresee
Morning Misprints and Curious Notes From 1925
Odd collage of phrases recalls a 1925 newspaper page. Mentions Vale defeating Barvard, a new word entasis, a benevolent man seeking adoption, a long sorrow over a fatal brake crash, and a stalled men’s shirt sale amid uncertain funds.
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Vale
Barvard
Local figure Billings endures tense courtroom scene
In a strained courtroom drama, the gaunt defendant Billings sits and chews gum as a fidgeting, aged man reads a paper. His face shows deep lines of suffering while witnesses and the jury weigh verdicts and the slow grind of legal processes continues.
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Tose Billings
Caitieman
Neper
Jess Billing
Hat
Billings
Army Camera Club Formed at Army YMCA
Organization of the Camera Club for men in the service has been perfected at the Army Y M C A per executive secretary E G Williamson. Officers elected Thursday: Private Thomas Rummers chairman Private C F Blateman vice chairman Private James Bailey secretary The next meeting is set for 7 20 o'clock Thursday evening.
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Army Camera . Club
Y.W.C.A
Camera Club
Army Y. M. C. A
E.G. Williamson
Thomas Rummers
Blateman
Ehairmean
James Bailey
Politician Split Shocks Berlin Women Deputies Photo
Janom Christine Teusch, a clerical member of the Reichstag, caused a sensation by declining to be photographed with Conservative women deputies. Photographers had previously staged group portraits of all women deputies, but this time she refused.
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Berlin
Janom Christine Teusch
Reichsstag
Hberaltadies
Trial jury ends in deadlock at Kean case
The trial of Jar Fire Irving for riot stemming from the August 1923 clash between Ku Klux Wansmen and townspeople at Carnegie stalled after 24 hours without a verdict. The case is to be retried, with the proceedings halted and the radical Amazons in the nationalist camp noted in passim.
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Kean
Sea Juin
Pittsel
Irving
Ku Klux Wansmen
Carnegie
Enrollment expected for West Texas Methodist Training School opening
About 500 persons are expected to attend the annual Standard District Training School of the West Texas Methodist Conference. The opening Sunday at 3 o'clock will be at Travis Park Methodist Church with a mass meeting led by H OM Rattliff director. Delegates include 170 and 100 picked students from other towns of the center.
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West Texas
Missing Wife Sparks Multi City Search In Peoria
Police in six cities vainly search for Mrs Minnie P Corken wife of Hob Corken secretary of Central Tines Light company missing from Peoria since last Thursday. Corken returns from St Louis after private detectives fail to uncover clues. Boundary mentions San Angela to Brownsville with students attending San Antonio school.
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Peoria
Minnie P.corken
Hob. Corken
Central Tines Light Company
Corken
St. Louis
San Angela
Brownsville
San Antonio
Man’s Identity Reduced to Numbers in Court Records
A stark reflection on how individuals vanish into a morgue of dead identities as the relentless legal system files each case as a mere number in the court clerk’s records. The piece laments how people are dehumanized by numeric filing amid exhaustive human tragedy.
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Toof
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